WASHINGTON—Despite urban legend, there was more than one “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II. Thousands of women worked in aircraft factories, shipyards, tank assembly lines and other manufacturing facilities around the United States.
As part of Women’s History Month, a group of former Rosies from Michigan recently took part in an Honor Flight to the nation’s capital, where they met with lawmakers. The event was sponsored by Boeing and the American Rosie the Riveter Association.